Emmy-winning expat Tampa rapper Zhalarina plays hometown show this weekend

She appeared on our 2022 list of rappers to watch.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:20 am

Photo via zhalarina.com

Zhalarina, who plays Kress Collective in Ybor City, Florida on March 30, 2024.

In our 2022 list of Tampa Bay area rappers to watch, Zhalarina was lauded for her origins in the slam poetry scene and accolades earned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's First Wave, a theater program that integrates hip-hop.

She even won an Emmy in the Chicago/Midwest region for PBS Wisconsin’s “The Light,” an autobiographical story told through three music videos which Zhalarina wrote, acted in, and produced.

Zhalarina, who caught NPR’s attention in 2021 for her Tiny Desk entry “"Lala,” is back in Ybor City for a hometown show that promises to follow “the treacherous journey from perfectionism to the freedom of vulnerability, and being surprised by joy along the way.”

Tickets for The Perfect Show with Zhalarina on Saturday, March 30 at Kress Collective in Ybor City are still available for $25.
Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

Follow us: Apple News | Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Or sign up for our RSS Feed

Tags:

WE LOVE OUR READERS!

Since 1988, CL Tampa Bay has served as the free, independent voice of Tampa Bay, and we want to keep it that way.

Becoming a CL Tampa Bay Supporter for as little as $5 a month allows us to continue offering readers access to our coverage of local news, food, nightlife, events, and culture with no paywalls.

Join today because you love us, too.

About The Author

Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

Scroll to read more Show Previews articles